Cumacean

Cyclaspis varians

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 2–6 m

This cumacean is a minute crustacean with a swollen front end and a slender tail, living on soft bottoms in bays and nearshore shallows. It turns up in estuarine mangrove mud, sieving food from the sediment in water only a few metres deep.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Cumacea › Bodotriidae › Cyclaspis

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 157810.